A conspiracy to commit forgery charge against Anjanie Boodnarine, the reputed wife of convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram, was dismissed on Monday at the completion of the trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.Boodnarine was charged with conspiring with others to commit a felony by forging a Guyana passport, attempting to defeat the administration of the law. In her ruling against the charge, City Magistrate, Renita Singh stated that the court cannot dispute where or when Boodnarine conspired with others to commit the illegal act.
The magistrate added that while there may be evidence to show that the documents were forged, the proof of agreement expressed or implied between Boodnarine and other was not submitted in the prosecution’s evidence. Magistrate Sigh added that the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence against Boodnarine in the charge of conspiring with one or more persons to forge a Guyana passport; and that she found it strange that the police further failed to establish a charge of uttering a false document to immigration officials, which was not the charge brought by the prosecution.
As for the matter that is before city magistrate Leron Daly, where Boodnarine was charged for attempting to defeat the administration of the law, the magistrate is expected to make her ruling on February 15 as if a prima facie case is established against Boodnarine.